Politics BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City Apostle Johnson Suleman is the General
Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry, one of the
leading new generation churches in the
country today. The church located along the
Auchi-Abuja road in Auchi, Edo state is another
Mecca in Nigeria as people from all over the world throng the giant edifice to see him. As a
result, it was not easy for Saturday Vanguard to
track down the man of God for this interview
due to his very busy schedule. However, with sincere apologies, Apostle
Suleman finally spoke to Saturday Vanguard at
the Benin Airport, and as expected, he gave his
2013 predictions, saying that it will be
disastrous for the nation if President Goodluck
Jonathan decides to run for the 2015 Presidential election. Pastor Suleman who had
in the past predicted the death of President
Yar’Adua, disclosed that only eight governors
will finish their tenure unless urgent prayers
are made to save the situation. He spoke on his
life and his views on the seeming trend by top Pastors in the country purchasing private jets.
Excerpts: How I received Christ 1992, December 24, I
slept and I woke up December 26. I did not see
the Christmas Day, I slept all through the
Christmas Day. And when I woke up, I was
actually wishing people happy Christmas but
they were looking at me, telling me it was actually a Boxing Day. I was taken aback
because I felt I saw the Christmas Eve and how
come I did not see the Christmas Day. I started remembering dreams I had of heaven
and hell and of God calling me to become a
preacher. Prior to that time, two years before
that encounter, I was already a Christian in
1990 but I was scared to be a Pastor because
of the so much stigma associated with Pastoring at that time. So for the call , I did not
see December 25 1992 and that was the
encounter that I had of God giving me a
warning that I had no other choice than to do
his work. That was the major encounter I had
that made me become what I am today. Life as a cultist in school It was a normal one though I was doing some
secret evil that my parents did not know. My
father was surprised when he heard that I
started smoking when I was in primary school.
My parents were strict. My mum is a retired
police officer while my Dad is a retired politician. They were very strict. But I found out that
sometimes when you are too strict on children,
they device means to break laws. That was
what happened in my case. It was just the
normal juvenile delinquency of the Nigeria
youth. I was not living a good life before I became
born again. I was a cultist in the higher
institution. I was actually leading a sect in
school then. The only thing I never did was to
kill or rob. I am saying this publicly so that
people who are cultists will know that there is nothing there. I did every other thing that a
young man will do but I never partied. I was
always a shy person, and that is why I am even
surprise that I am a Pastor today because I am
always shy in the crowd. I have never gone to any party in my life. I love
doing my things quietly and forget it. I started
my higher education at the Auchi Polytechnic
and did my PHD in UNIBEN. I actually studied
Mass Communication in Auchi. When I was in
school, I was academically sound despite my bad boy attitude. I had a lot of women around
me because they know I was very intelligent in
school. I was SUG President, then class Rep.I
have always excelled in my academics because
that was one thing my parents were able to
imbibe in me. Finding a wife My wife was my enemy. She was some body I
never liked, she was too quiet but I felt she was
a pretender. To make matters worst, she was
my neighbour in our street. She was so quiet
and reserved and I did not like that. I felt she
couldn’t be that pretty and say she didn’t have relationships with men. I never liked her
honestly. But some how, one thing led to
another and today we are married with four
kids. Secret behind the success of my Ministry I
measure success with how many lives I have
affected. I will say I am successful when I have
affected the last person on earth. Presently, we
have been able to move on and carry on just by
the grace of God. God gave me the right team. I have loyal pastors who are educated.All my
senior Pastors are graduates and it has helped
us to bring their secular knowledge to play. It has been wonderful and we thank God.
Why all my predictions have come true Well, I
know I always wait upon the Lord, like every
year I go on 40 days fast three times. I spend at
least five hours every day studying and
praying. But all of that is not what really brings the anointing. The gift of God is embedded in
you by the anointing. When the anointing of
God comes upon you, the gift of God is
embedded in you and it is this gift of God that
propels you to see things and say them. Like I
said, all my predictions have come to pass. I predicted the death of President Yar’Adua. When I predicted that, some top Pastors in the
Ministry said I was lying. I learnt some of them
went there to pray for him and when God gave
me the date of his death, my life was
threatened, people came after me. But finally it
came to pass. You see, when revelations of God come, what people should do is to find out
how to redeem themselves when it is negative
and when it is positive, you thank God for that.
We live in a generation people just get political
when prophecies come. Some people get upset
and start chasing the man of God. This is God speaking through a man and we should
understand that there is nothing personal
about that. But people have this perception that some of you top Pastors belong to one cult or the other where you get your powers. What is your take on that? That is the African belief but if you go to
America and God uses you, they appreciate
God. Africans are used to their traditional
institutions, they are used to occultism, they are
used to the Dark Age. It is their way of life, so if
they see any thing that is spectacular, they ascribe it to the devil. Now don’t totally write it
off because some Pastors have gone occultic.
Some Pastors have gone satanic, some have
gone materialistic. There are Pastors today who are busy
amassing wealth. I don’t know what a Pastor is
doing with an Aircraft. I don’t know what a
Pastor is doing with fifty cars. I read the success
of any Minister by how successful those around
him are; his ability to disburse what comes his way. God is going to bless you, once God is
using you, he must bless you. But you must be
able disburse that wealth. Genuine success
through prosperity is to give back to the
society. When you give back to the society, that
is when you are truly successful. Talking about being materialistic, we have observed Pastors buying private jets and building schools; they are really wealthy in the society but their members are dying in poverty? The truth is that some of these Pastors in
fairness have really done a lot for the less
privileged. We can never do enough but you
can do a lot because there is still one less
privileged person out there that needs to be
reached. It is not possible for the soap factory to make sure that every body gets neat every
day, but what they can do is to affect the ones
they can affect and enlighten the ones they can
enlighten. Most Pastors also have really taken it
up as a challenge to touch the lives of the less
privileged. But some of them have not. When a Pastor has
spent many years in the Ministry and now owns
an air craft, I have no problem with all of that.
What I have a problem with is this pursuit to
prove to the world that you have arrived. You
are going to pay the pilot, the crew members, maintain the aircraft, it cost a lot of money. That
is my worry with people in that category. Advice for President Jonathan One major thing
that I will say now is that people should be
careful not to be crazy about power. One good
thing that I will advise President Jonathan is
that he should not contest for the 2015
presidential election. And if prayers are not made, if we don’t pray, I see only eight
governors completing their tenure. We should
pray because with prayers, a lot of things can
be averted but if we don’t pray, we will see
eight governors only completing their tenure.
What God wants to focus on this year is to reward politicians with their sins. The Agricultural sector is going to receive a
great boost this year. We have natural disasters
coming up. I have a revelation last November
that there will be attempt on the life of President
Obama. I saw an African President being laid to
rest and I saw Nigerian flag flying half mast. We need to pray for President Jonathan, if he goes
ahead to contest there will be trouble. Abacha’s
wife left the villa without Abacha, Yar’Adua’s
wife left the villa without the husband, if
Jonathan goes to contest, some thing very
grave may happen. Those who are pushing him now, they want to
destroy him. I am not saying this out of any
personal animosity. I am saying this now
because it can be averted. He should seek counsel. I love him but destiny
has to be taken very sacrosanct. So I believe
that if he asks for counsel, people can help him
not to run for the Presidency in 2015.www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/2015-there-ll-be-grave-consequences-for-nigeria-if-jonathan-runs/

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Easiest way to make money in Nigeria is to find ur self in power of politic or be a pastor or prophet and prophecies about politicians I don't blame sulaman but Jonathan that knees down to adeboye, now every pastor or prophet want Jonathan to come to his church and knees down to receive this national cake or otherwise he prophecies bad about him all this pastor are no longer winning soul to lord which is there primary objectives but rather poking there nose in politics to have there fare of national cake

austinsmat: Easiest way to make money in Nigeria is to find ur self in power of politic or be a pastor or prophet and prophecies about politicians I don't blame sulaman but Jonathan that knees down to adeboye, now every pastor or prophet want Jonathan to come to his church and knees down to receive this national cake or otherwise he prophecies bad about him all this pastor are no longer winning soul to lord which is there primary objectives but rather poking there nose in politics to have there fare of national cake

You know goodluck jonathan is a mumu president. The pastor also want to eat something.

The pastor should better try and become the next CAN president and eat "big cake". That is sure way to get a gift of private jet or a atleast a gift of private chopper (helicopter).